Winter storm causes wrecks, gridlock in the South

There are 39 comments on the
Bellingham Herald
story from Jan 28, 2014, titled Winter storm causes wrecks, gridlock in the South.
In it, Bellingham Herald reports that:

Highways surrounding the city that rarely sees snow were converted into treacherous paths of ice Tuesday, causing hundreds of cars to slide off the road, slam into each other, or crawl bumper to bumper in gridlock.

You know they will. The country has known about this snow storm almost 2 days prior. People, in the Southern states hit by the snow storm, could have stayed home and businesses close much earlier than they did, but greed seems to override safety in society. The victims of stupidity are the children.

<quoted text>You know they will. The country has known about this snow storm almost 2 days prior. People, in the Southern states hit by the snow storm, could have stayed home and businesses close much earlier than they did, but greed seems to override safety in society. The victims of stupidity are the children.

And so many of those morons insisted on driving anyways, then got stuck, and now demand taxpayers bring them hot chocolate & a blanket.

I hope you guys remember these 'candidates' when it is time to get your support at the next election. They have demonstrated an inability to lead and accept responsibility. Two very important characteristics, in my opinion.

What exactly does Ga Dept of Transportation do anyway? We, here in VA knew about the snow in advance and our Dept of Transportation prepared for it. Our roads were generally in very good condition and we got as much or more snow than Atlanta did. Why didnt GDOT prepare the roads? Shows such a lack of leadership.

What exactly does Ga Dept of Transportation do anyway? We, here in VA knew about the snow in advance and our Dept of Transportation prepared for it. Our roads were generally in very good condition and we got as much or more snow than Atlanta did. Why didnt GDOT prepare the roads? Shows such a lack of leadership.

Gov. Deal of Georgia, like many GOP T-bagging politicians don't believe in Sciences related to weather forecast (anything suggesting signs of Global Warming). For Governor not having major roads prepped with salt & sand before urging the people to head home ahead of the storm is reckless behavior.

_I'm waiting for Fox News to go after GOP Governor Deal for failing to do his job, putting the public in jeopardy and even causing loss of lives....

<quoted text>Gov. Deal of Georgia, like many GOP T-bagging politicians don't believe in Sciences related to weather forecast (anything suggesting signs of Global Warming). For Governor not having major roads prepped with salt & sand before urging the people to head home ahead of the storm is reckless behavior._I'm waiting for Fox News to go after GOP Governor Deal for failing to do his job, putting the public in jeopardy and even causing loss of lives...._ Where is my tax-dollar going, Gov. Deal?

I totally agree that the public was put in jeopardy. Those roads should have been prepped, etc. Not being local anymore I can't really comment about who didnt do their jobs. BUT, someone needs to be held accountable for that lack of leadership. As you say, where are your tax dollars going? Atlanta deserves much better!

<quoted text>I totally agree that the public was put in jeopardy. Those roads should have been prepped, etc. Not being local anymore I can't really comment about who didnt do their jobs. BUT, someone needs to be held accountable for that lack of leadership. As you say, where are your tax dollars going? Atlanta deserves much better!

Well, the "Liberal Media" is blaming the wrong person again. Atlanta area is made up of about 80 cities and all of them have been affected by the storm. For some reason, instead of going after the Governor, the "Liberal Media" is blaming the Mayor of a single city, the Mayor of Atlanta. Are they ignorant or just is it just routine mischief?

You can't blame the people who went to work, many companies expect you to show up or face disciplinary action. Many schools also waited for snow and ice to form before they closed, it all comes down too the bottom line, revenue.Guess we know what's more important!

You can't blame the people who went to work, many companies expect you to show up or face disciplinary action.Many schools also waited for snow and ice to form before they closed, it all comes down too the bottom line, revenue.Guess we know what's more important!

So, the GOP, the Party of "Life," does not really care about human life; it's all about money?

_Apparently, Republicans of GA and mostly of the South reject Global Warming as a factor behind extreme changes in our weather pattern so they can avoid making necessary adjustment. Not prepping the road with salt or sand ahead of the storm is probably a sign of their reluctance to accept weather forecasting as scientific report.

_ There were warnings; So, Governor Deal and all those 60+ Mayors involved must explain to the people why efforts were not made to prep major highways in the Metro Atlanta area ahead of the storm....

What exactly does Ga Dept of Transportation do anyway? We, here in VA knew about the snow in advance and our Dept of Transportation prepared for it. Our roads were generally in very good condition and we got as much or more snow than Atlanta did. Why didnt GDOT prepare the roads? Shows such a lack of leadership.

The southern states are not equipped with snow removal equipment and solution - and they never will be. Taxpayers would be livid if they had to pay for these items that will never be used to the maximum as they are in northern and Midwestern states. That being said, the critical spots were pretreated, we simply don't have the amounts needed to do what you see in your area. We also are a region with high rates of individual commuters that are addicted to their vehicles. By the time the first snowflake fell, practically everyone at work in and around the perimeter left in their autos causing massive traffic. Add thousands of tractor traitors that travel into our city and it becomes a train wreck. GDOT sent out a p.s.a. asking people to stay off the roads so they could treat and retreat but it was too late.

Even if Republican Governor Deal and Democrat Mayor Reed had gone to the media with a plan of attack, the entitled dumb masses in this city would NOT have listened. It's not the leadership as much as it is the inept and entitled citizens in this area that have migrated in and taken over.

Everyone pointing their fingers at Gov Deal and Mayor Reed are screaming about a forecast that changed so many times in the past several days folks had whiplash. And these same people are the ones that are always ridiculing the weather folks because they never seem to get it right. Scoffing at Atlanta weather people is a favorite pastime here.

<quoted text>I totally agree that the public was put in jeopardy. Those roads should have been prepped, etc. Not being local anymore I can't really comment about who didnt do their jobs. BUT, someone needs to be held accountable for that lack of leadership. As you say, where are your tax dollars going? Atlanta deserves much better!

Please do not listen to a commenter that spews hate and vitriol at one political party. People like that deserve no attention, and quite frankly are the reason Atlanta looks like an area full of backwards malcontents. Bridge2Bengazi would be the first to throw his middle finger up at Gov Deal or Mayor Reed and ignore anything that they advise the public to do.

The critical spots were pretreated, but our area does not have the amounts to pretreat every top priority surface like areas of the county that have true winter weather. 2011 was the last major winter weather event. Before that people are up in arms about 1983 when there were millions less people and a much smaller region.

Atlanta metro is now where the transplants make up the majority of the region and natives are harder to find. People demand services like they received when they lived in the north, but often forget they moved here to escape the high cost of living associated with those services. Our region does need a plan of attack when this happens again. We as citizens should demand that, but in a civilized and calm manner. Attacking our leadership so that the rest of the nation to see is not the way to go about that. As you can see, Bridge2Bengazi is part of the problem, so his ranting scan never bring about a solution.

[QUOTE who=""]<quoted text>Please do not listen to a commenter that spews hate and vitriol at one political party. People like that deserve no attention, and quite frankly are the reason Atlanta looks like an area full of backwards malcontents. Bridge2Bengazi would be the first to throw his middle finger up at Gov Deal or Mayor Reed and ignore anything that they advise the public to do.

Even if Republican Governor Deal and Democrat Mayor Reed had gone to the media with a plan of attack, the entitled dumb masses in this city would NOT have listened. It's not the leadership as much as it is the inept and entitled citizens in this area that have migrated in and taken over.

_As you can see, Bridge2Bengazi is part of the problem, so his ranting scan never bring about a solution.[/QUOTE]_You wrote this: "the entitled dumb masses in this city would NOT have listened."

_Apparently, you resent the people of Atlanta as a whole; is it because of their social economic classes or their races? I hope you are not a spokesperson for Gov. Deal because you seem to resent Atlantans so much...

_The truth of the matter is: Your Governor did not have a plan. The Mayor of Atlanta has very little to do with the mess because he's responsible for just one of the 60+ cities of the Metro area affected by the storm. You sound a bit ignorant, here, trying to spread the blame equally on a single Mayor vs the Governor og the whole State!

I wished there were folks like you attacking Fox News crooks like Sean Hannity who spent months blaming Obama for the Gulf Oil spill and the Mayor of New Orleans for damages caused by Katrina.

_ The truth of the matter is, TruthoftheMatter is exhibiting classical symptoms of GOP hypocrisy. Politicians should never put money/politics ahead of the well-being of their citizenry (who put them in office to serve).

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_Truth of the Matter: Governor Deal gave us a very bad deal this week.

<quoted text>The southern states are not equipped with snow removal equipment and solution - and they never will be. Taxpayers would be livid if they had to pay for these items that will never be used to the maximum as they are in northern and Midwestern states.

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_You wrote this: "the entitled dumb masses in this city would NOT have listened."

_Apparently, you resent the people of Atlanta as a whole; is it because of their social economic classes or their races? I hope you are not a spokesperson for Gov. Deal because you seem to resent Atlantans so much...

_The truth of the matter is: Your Governor did not have a plan. The Mayor of Atlanta has very little to do with the mess because he's responsible for just one of the 60+ cities of the Metro area affected by the storm. You sound a bit ignorant, here, trying to spread the blame equally on a single Mayor vs the Governor og the whole State!

I wished there were folks like you attacking Fox News crooks like Sean Hannity who spent months blaming Obama for the Gulf Oil spill and the Mayor of New Orleans for damages caused by Katrina.

_ The truth of the matter is, TruthoftheMatter is exhibiting classical symptoms of GOP hypocrisy. Politicians should never put money/politics ahead of the well-being of their citizenry (who put them in office to serve).

_

_Truth of the Matter: Governor Deal gave us a very bad deal this week.

<quoted text>Gov. Deal of Georgia, like many GOP T-bagging politicians don't believe in Sciences related to weather forecast (anything suggesting signs of Global Warming). For Governor not having major roads prepped with salt & sand before urging the people to head home ahead of the storm is reckless behavior._I'm waiting for Fox News to go after GOP Governor Deal for failing to do his job, putting the public in jeopardy and even causing loss of lives...._ Where is my tax-dollar going, Gov. Deal?

"T-bagging!?" There are no such things as Teabaggers, OP. There are membersof the Tea Party. You need to have your brains kicked in really hard until you are respectfuland accurate and call members by their proper names. Is that simple enough for you!? Do it!

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